Tax Policy Center: Social Security http://www.taxpolicycenter.org Tax Policy Center reports on: Social Security - The Tax Policy Center is a joint venture of the Urban Institute and Brookings Institution. The Center is comprised of nationally recognized experts in tax, budget, and social policy who have served at the highest levels of government. en-us Copyright 2007 Tax Policy Center http://backend.userland.com/rss Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:00:25 EST Tax Policy Center http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/images/TPC_logo_29x29.jpg 29 29 http://www.taxpolicycenter.org <![CDATA[Are There Opportunities to Increase Social Security Progressivity despite Underfunding?]]> http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/publications/url.cfm?id=1001231&RSSFeed=Social_Security.xml info@taxpolicycenter.org ( Melissa Favreault, Gordon Mermin) Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Taking Back Our Fiscal Future]]> http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/publications/url.cfm?id=1001155&RSSFeed=Social_Security.xml info@taxpolicycenter.org ( Joseph Antos, Robert Bixby, Stuart Butler, Paul Cullinan, Alison Fraser, William Galston, Ron Haskins, Julia Isaacs, Maya MacGuineas, Will Marshall, Pietro Nivola, Rudolph G. Penner, Robert D. Reischauer, Alice M. Rivlin, Isabel V. Sawhill, C. Eugene Steuerle) Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Tax Considerations in a Universal Pension System (UPS)]]> http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/publications/url.cfm?id=411593&RSSFeed=Social_Security.xml info@taxpolicycenter.org ( Adam Carasso, Jonathan Barry Forman) Thu, 20 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Overseas Pension Reforms Offer Lessons for the United States]]> http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/publications/url.cfm?id=901104&RSSFeed=Social_Security.xml info@taxpolicycenter.org ( The Urban Institute) Thu, 16 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[How Much Federal Spending Is Uncontrollable?]]> http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/publications/url.cfm?id=1001093&RSSFeed=Social_Security.xml info@taxpolicycenter.org ( Rudolph G. Penner, Julianna Koch) Mon, 16 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Defining Our Long-Term Fiscal Challenges (Steuerle) : Testimony Before the U.S. Senate Budget Committee]]> http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/publications/url.cfm?id=901037&RSSFeed=Social_Security.xml info@taxpolicycenter.org ( C. Eugene Steuerle) Tue, 30 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Defining Our Long-Term Fiscal Challenges (Reischauer) : Testimony Before the U.S. Senate Budget Committee]]> http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/publications/url.cfm?id=901038&RSSFeed=Social_Security.xml info@taxpolicycenter.org ( Robert D. Reischauer) Tue, 30 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Social Security Reform: One More Time]]> http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/publications/url.cfm?id=411447&RSSFeed=Social_Security.xml info@taxpolicycenter.org ( Edward Gramlich) Sun, 25 Sep 2005 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[A Radical Proposal for Escaping the Budget Vise]]> http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/publications/url.cfm?id=311192&RSSFeed=Social_Security.xml info@taxpolicycenter.org ( Rudolph G. Penner, C. Eugene Steuerle) Wed, 01 Jun 2005 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Social Security Reform : Statement before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate]]> http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/publications/url.cfm?id=900815&RSSFeed=Social_Security.xml info@taxpolicycenter.org ( C. Eugene Steuerle) Wed, 25 May 2005 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Alternatives to Strengthen Social Security : Testimony of C. Eugene Steuerle before the U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means]]> http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/publications/url.cfm?id=900806&RSSFeed=Social_Security.xml info@taxpolicycenter.org ( C. Eugene Steuerle) Thu, 12 May 2005 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Whichever Way We Go, Some Get Left Behind]]> http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/publications/url.cfm?id=900792&RSSFeed=Social_Security.xml info@taxpolicycenter.org ( C. Eugene Steuerle) Sun, 13 Mar 2005 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Social Security Dialogue Should Be Wide-Ranging]]> http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/publications/url.cfm?id=900781&RSSFeed=Social_Security.xml info@taxpolicycenter.org ( C. Eugene Steuerle) Thu, 10 Feb 2005 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Should the Budget Exclude the Cost of Individual Accounts?]]> http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/publications/url.cfm?id=1000742&RSSFeed=Social_Security.xml info@taxpolicycenter.org ( Jason Furman, Peter Orszag, William G. Gale) Mon, 24 Jan 2005 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Taxable Social Security Benefits]]> http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/publications/url.cfm?id=1000653&RSSFeed=Social_Security.xml info@taxpolicycenter.org ( Leonard E. Burman, Mohammed Adeel Saleem) Mon, 10 May 2004 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[How Progressive Is Social Security and Why?]]> http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/publications/url.cfm?id=311016&RSSFeed=Social_Security.xml info@taxpolicycenter.org ( C. Eugene Steuerle, Adam Carasso, Lee Cohen) Sat, 01 May 2004 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[How Progressive Is Social Security When Old Age and Disability Insurance Are Treated as a Whole?]]> http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/publications/url.cfm?id=311017&RSSFeed=Social_Security.xml info@taxpolicycenter.org ( C. Eugene Steuerle, Adam Carasso, Lee Cohen) Sat, 01 May 2004 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[The Budget Outlook: Updates and Implications]]> http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/publications/url.cfm?id=1000620&RSSFeed=Social_Security.xml info@taxpolicycenter.org ( Peter Orszag, William G. Gale) Mon, 16 Feb 2004 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Reversal in Budget Policy : Bush's First vs. Proposed Second Term]]> http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/publications/url.cfm?id=1000621&RSSFeed=Social_Security.xml info@taxpolicycenter.org ( C. Eugene Steuerle) Mon, 16 Feb 2004 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[The Cost of Marriage Inequality to Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Seniors : A Human Rights Campaign Foundation Report]]> http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/publications/url.cfm?id=410939&RSSFeed=Social_Security.xml info@taxpolicycenter.org ( Lisa Bennett, Gary Gates) Wed, 21 Jan 2004 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Redistribution under OASDI : How Much and to Whom?]]> http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/publications/url.cfm?id=1000596&RSSFeed=Social_Security.xml info@taxpolicycenter.org ( Lee Cohen, C. Eugene Steuerle, Adam Carasso) Wed, 31 Dec 2003 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Budget Crisis at the Door]]> http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/publications/url.cfm?id=310883&RSSFeed=Social_Security.xml info@taxpolicycenter.org ( Rudolph G. Penner, C. Eugene Steuerle) Wed, 01 Oct 2003 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Private Pensions: Issues and Options]]> http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/publications/url.cfm?id=310666&RSSFeed=Social_Security.xml info@taxpolicycenter.org ( William G. Gale, Peter Orszag) Wed, 16 Apr 2003 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Higher Payroll Taxes? Why?]]> http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/publications/url.cfm?id=900603&RSSFeed=Social_Security.xml info@taxpolicycenter.org ( Harry Holzer) Tue, 15 Apr 2003 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Lifetime Social Security and Medicare Benefits]]> http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/publications/url.cfm?id=310667&RSSFeed=Social_Security.xml info@taxpolicycenter.org ( C. Eugene Steuerle, Adam Carasso) Mon, 31 Mar 2003 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Three-Quarters of Filers Pay More in Payroll Taxes Than in Income Taxes]]> http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/publications/url.cfm?id=1000456&RSSFeed=Social_Security.xml info@taxpolicycenter.org ( William G. Gale, Jeff Rohaly) Mon, 06 Jan 2003 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Tax on Social Security Benefits Providing More Trust Fund Revenue]]> http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/publications/url.cfm?id=1000458&RSSFeed=Social_Security.xml info@taxpolicycenter.org ( Peter Orszag) Mon, 09 Dec 2002 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[The Moving Pieces of Social Security Reform]]> http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/publications/url.cfm?id=310600&RSSFeed=Social_Security.xml info@taxpolicycenter.org ( Rudolph G. Penner) Sun, 01 Dec 2002 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Legal and Institutional Impediments to Partial Retirement and Part-Time Work by Older Workers]]> http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/publications/url.cfm?id=410587&RSSFeed=Social_Security.xml info@taxpolicycenter.org ( Rudolph G. Penner, Pamela Perun, C. Eugene Steuerle) Wed, 20 Nov 2002 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Social Security for Yesterday's Family?]]> http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/publications/url.cfm?id=310598&RSSFeed=Social_Security.xml info@taxpolicycenter.org ( C. Eugene Steuerle, Melissa Favreault) Fri, 01 Nov 2002 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Should Stock Options Be Preferred to 401(k) & Other Plans]]> http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/publications/url.cfm?id=1000913&RSSFeed=Social_Security.xml info@taxpolicycenter.org ( C. Eugene Steuerle) Mon, 05 Aug 2002 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Social Security's Additional Dollars Could Buy Less Poverty]]> http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/publications/url.cfm?id=310371&RSSFeed=Social_Security.xml info@taxpolicycenter.org ( C. Eugene Steuerle, Adam Carasso) Tue, 30 Oct 2001 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Limitations of the Individual Account Debate]]> http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/publications/url.cfm?id=1000958&RSSFeed=Social_Security.xml info@taxpolicycenter.org ( C. Eugene Steuerle) Fri, 07 Sep 2001 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[How Women Fare in Social Security Reform : Commentary]]> http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/publications/url.cfm?id=900434&RSSFeed=Social_Security.xml info@taxpolicycenter.org ( Rudolph G. Penner) Sun, 05 Aug 2001 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Withholding Judgment on the Social Security Commission Report]]> http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/publications/url.cfm?id=1000960&RSSFeed=Social_Security.xml info@taxpolicycenter.org ( C. Eugene Steuerle) Fri, 03 Aug 2001 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Lifetime Distributional Effects of Social Security Retirement Benefits]]> http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/publications/url.cfm?id=410362&RSSFeed=Social_Security.xml info@taxpolicycenter.org ( Karen E. Smith, Eric Toder, Howard Iams) Thu, 17 May 2001 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Two Issues Not on the Current Tax Radar Screen]]> http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/publications/url.cfm?id=1000121&RSSFeed=Social_Security.xml info@taxpolicycenter.org ( C. Eugene Steuerle) Mon, 16 Apr 2001 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Social Security and the Poor]]> http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/publications/url.cfm?id=1000202&RSSFeed=Social_Security.xml info@taxpolicycenter.org ( C. Eugene Steuerle) Sat, 23 Dec 2000 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Dominant Budget Issue Facing the New President, The]]> http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/publications/url.cfm?id=1000094&RSSFeed=Social_Security.xml info@taxpolicycenter.org ( C. Eugene Steuerle) Mon, 27 Nov 2000 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[5500 Not-So-EZ, The]]> http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/publications/url.cfm?id=1000080&RSSFeed=Social_Security.xml info@taxpolicycenter.org ( C. Eugene Steuerle) Mon, 07 Aug 2000 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Summers' Time: The Social Security Opportunity (Part 4 of 5)]]> http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/publications/url.cfm?id=1000138&RSSFeed=Social_Security.xml info@taxpolicycenter.org ( C. Eugene Steuerle) Mon, 17 Jul 2000 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[401(k) Investment Decisions and Social Security Reform]]> http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/publications/url.cfm?id=410244&RSSFeed=Social_Security.xml info@taxpolicycenter.org ( Cori E. Uccello) Wed, 23 Feb 2000 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Does Social Security Treat Spouses Fairly?]]> http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/publications/url.cfm?id=309257&RSSFeed=Social_Security.xml info@taxpolicycenter.org ( C. Eugene Steuerle, Christopher Spiro, Adam Carasso) Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Must Privatization Mean Less Progressivity?]]> http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/publications/url.cfm?id=309588&RSSFeed=Social_Security.xml info@taxpolicycenter.org ( C. Eugene Steuerle, Christopher Spiro) Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[The Administration's USA Account Proposal (Part 3 of 3) : Part Three: Why It Won't Work as Crafted]]> http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/publications/url.cfm?id=1000166&RSSFeed=Social_Security.xml info@taxpolicycenter.org ( C. Eugene Steuerle) Mon, 07 Jun 1999 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[The Administration's USA Account Proposal (Part 2 of 3) : Part Two: What's Right About It]]> http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/publications/url.cfm?id=1000167&RSSFeed=Social_Security.xml info@taxpolicycenter.org ( C. Eugene Steuerle) Mon, 31 May 1999 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[The Administration's USA Account Proposal (Part 1 of 3) : Part One: Genesis]]> http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/publications/url.cfm?id=1000168&RSSFeed=Social_Security.xml info@taxpolicycenter.org ( C. Eugene Steuerle) Mon, 24 May 1999 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Long-Term Care Needs and the Government Response (Part 3 of 3) : Part Three: Tax Policy Concerns]]> http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/publications/url.cfm?id=1000170&RSSFeed=Social_Security.xml info@taxpolicycenter.org ( C. Eugene Steuerle) Mon, 10 May 1999 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Long-Term Care Needs and the Government Response (Part 2 of 3) : Part Two: Budget, Retirement, and Health Policy]]> http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/publications/url.cfm?id=1000171&RSSFeed=Social_Security.xml info@taxpolicycenter.org ( C. Eugene Steuerle) Mon, 03 May 1999 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Long-Term Care Needs and the Government Response (Part 1 of 3)]]> http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/publications/url.cfm?id=1000172&RSSFeed=Social_Security.xml info@taxpolicycenter.org ( C. Eugene Steuerle) Mon, 26 Apr 1999 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[A Government Match for Private Pension Saving?]]> http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/publications/url.cfm?id=1000083&RSSFeed=Social_Security.xml info@taxpolicycenter.org ( C. Eugene Steuerle) Mon, 08 Feb 1999 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA["Spending" the Surplus: Counting the Ways]]> http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/publications/url.cfm?id=1000177&RSSFeed=Social_Security.xml info@taxpolicycenter.org ( C. Eugene Steuerle) Mon, 01 Feb 1999 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Social Security Reform: The Budget Debate All Over Again]]> http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/publications/url.cfm?id=1000084&RSSFeed=Social_Security.xml info@taxpolicycenter.org ( C. Eugene Steuerle) Mon, 09 Nov 1998 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Spending Future Surpluses: A Return to Normalcy?]]> http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/publications/url.cfm?id=1000193&RSSFeed=Social_Security.xml info@taxpolicycenter.org ( C. Eugene Steuerle) Mon, 03 Aug 1998 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Pension and Saving Incentives By the Bushel-Load]]> http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/publications/url.cfm?id=1000115&RSSFeed=Social_Security.xml info@taxpolicycenter.org ( C. Eugene Steuerle) Wed, 29 Jul 1998 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Policy Challenges Posed by the Aging of America]]> http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/publications/url.cfm?id=1000214&RSSFeed=Social_Security.xml info@taxpolicycenter.org ( Leonard E. Burman, Rudolph G. Penner, C. Eugene Steuerle, Eric Toder, Marilyn Moon, Lawrence H. Thompson, Michael Weisner, Adam Carasso) Fri, 01 May 1998 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Simple Arithmetic Driving Social Security Reform, The]]> http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/publications/url.cfm?id=1000085&RSSFeed=Social_Security.xml info@taxpolicycenter.org ( C. Eugene Steuerle) Mon, 20 Apr 1998 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Mandated Saving and the Fallacy of Aggregation]]> http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/publications/url.cfm?id=1000086&RSSFeed=Social_Security.xml info@taxpolicycenter.org ( C. Eugene Steuerle) Mon, 23 Dec 1996 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Privatizing Social Security: A Third Option (Part 2 of 2) : Part Two: Specifics of a Voluntary Alternative]]> http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/publications/url.cfm?id=1000087&RSSFeed=Social_Security.xml info@taxpolicycenter.org ( C. Eugene Steuerle) Mon, 16 Dec 1996 00:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Privatizing Social Security: A Third Option (Part 1 of 2) : Part One: Basic Rationale]]> http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/publications/url.cfm?id=1000088&RSSFeed=Social_Security.xml info@taxpolicycenter.org ( C. Eugene Steuerle) Mon, 09 Dec 1996 00:00:00 EST